Posts tagged "cute animals"

One of the hazards of being an animal lover is how frequently I forget the ways of the Animal Kingdom: many animals eat other animals. Yes, even the cute ones. Such is the fate of Marius, a two-year-old giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Deemed a "surplus" giraffe by zookeepers, on Sunday, young Marius wa…

As soon as I started dating an Australian, I began fantasizing about all the adorable animals Down Under who would someday become my friends. Koalas! Roos! Wombats! Sadly, this American was quickly informed that all of those wild animals are indeed wild animals and seldom seen, let alone snuggled. (Kangaroos, I am told, are very…

Oh no! Beastly Internet cat Colonel Meow died on Wednesday night, her owner revealed on Instagram. Rest in peace, Colonel. [Instagram.com/ColonelMeow, TODAY] After being found guilty once again for the murder of her former roommate, Amanda Knox said she will "never willingly go back"…

This pup has looked in the mirror for the first time and he is so confused about what he sees! It's almost as if he's worried about setting his "twin" free! I feel kind of bad for laughing at him, but there's really nothing cuter than a golden retriever puppy. [Except a Lucca puppy. --…

Meet Depot, the kindly green-eyed kitty who was almost evicted from her home of 13 years last week. See, Depot is a lovable stray who lives inside a Home Depot store in Bluffton, South Carolina. She's something of a local celebrity and wanders around the store making friends with customers, many of whom bring her treat…

As an obsessive dog owner, it can be easy for me to forget that there are other creatures people keep as pets and love as much as I love Lucca. I was reminded of this yesterday, when I posted a link to the Puppy Bowl…

Meet Didga the cat, skateboarder extraordinaire. Watch Didga around her Australian hometown on her board, jumping over dogs and looking generally unfazed at just how absurd it is that she's a cat on a skateboard. How her owner managed to train her to do this is beyond me, but I am all kinds of impressed.

We live in an era when "found footage" of Internet cat Lil Bub is treated as if someone found an old video of Jennifer Lawrence singing in her high school's production of "The Sound Of Music." It's Lil Bub! At eight weeks old! Like all kittens, she is painfully adorable, but most noteworthy to me…

The Etsy description for this "cat battle armor" is just too good not to post in its entirety: "100% wearable, flexible, and comfortable, the Cat Battle Armor is a for-reals armor harness for your kitty. Completely hand-made from durable veg-tan leather, this is no mere costume piece. Your cat will become an unstoppable force for…

There are so many things about this picture that are making my head spin, but it involves a onesie and it's somehow appealing to my sense of cuteness, so I'm going with it…even though I have been known to have nightmares about skunks. Anyhow, Stunky the the skunk (I should specify that she's someone's PET)…

In November, the Toronto Zoo welcomed a newborn polar bear cub. Now just two months old, he is learning the put one paw ahead of the other and walk ... but oh man, is it hard. Keep at it, little guy. You can do it! [YouTube]…

When I was about 10, I decided my favorite animal was the ocelot. I liked the exotic sound of the name, the way it made me seem infinitely more cultured and knowledgeable than my simpleton friends who were still citing "cat" as their favorite animal. Plus, how could you not love a jungle cat that'…

This cat, kickin' back with a vanilla cone and groovy dance music, embodies the perfect state of relaxation I aim for at the end of every work day. Talk about a blissed out sugar trance. [via Dlisted]…

It all started as a joke, as so many brilliant performance art projects do. Chris Naka thought it might be funny to recreate a romantic movie scene with his boss' dog, Wrigley, and snap a photo to entertain his coworkers. Who could have guessed that Naka and Wrigley would have such amazing chemistry that the…

Unless you live under a rock, you have probably heard that the Midwest and Northeast were blanketed under a snowstorm last night. Everyone is pissy because they had to dig their car out from eight inches of snow this morning. But a cat named Oreo is having the hardest day of them all. You see,…

As much as we love videos of dogs being reunited with their owners returning from a deployment, sometimes a simple screen shot is all you need. Airman Justin Jones captured the moment that his dog Kiba first saw his face on Skype after he was deployed in 2011. And the best part? Justi…

Vogue never fails to make me feel fat, poor, wrinkled, and frumpy. Dog Vogue, on the other hand, makes me feel like doing a happy dance. Dog Vogue was created by photographer Sophie Gamand, who had "acclaimed pet couturier" (yes, that's a thing) Anthony Rubio dress a group of chihuahua models in couture outfits and…

For animals who are so fussy about getting wet, cats sure do like to play in the sink. It's one of the great mysteries of life. Study these cats viciously killing that scary thing that comes out of the faucet in this epic cats-in-sinks roundup and help me make sense of it all. […

Kittens are basically useless at everything, which makes them perfect stand-ins for Disney movie reenactments. Some grownups with a lot of time on their hands corralled a small child and a bunch of behbeh kittehs for a somewhat comprehensive reenactment of "The Lion King," songs included. They're no Jonathan Taylor Thomas, but they'll do! […